Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail
Description
Limestone, paint traces
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragmentary limestone relief depicting workers raising an obelisk.
The relief shows a group of workers engaged in the task of raising an obelisk. The composition is characterized by a well-organized depiction of figures using ropes and levers, highlighting the use of ancient engineering techniques. The scene is bordered on the right by a column of hieroglyphs. Notable features include detailed carvings of the ropes and figures, indicative of skilled artisan techniques from the time.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252319 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543894 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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